Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication
Purpose: This study aimed to understand hypertensive patients' perceptions of and adherence to prescribed medication. Methods: A qualitative research study based on 23 purposely selected participants from a community health clinic in Malaysia. The participants underwent in-depth semi-structured...
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| author | Lee, Khuan Mokhtar, Halimatun Halaliah Krauss, Steven Eric Ong, Beng Kok |
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| description | Purpose: This study aimed to understand hypertensive patients' perceptions of and adherence to prescribed medication. Methods: A qualitative research study based on 23 purposely selected participants from a community health clinic in Malaysia. The participants underwent in-depth semi-structured interviews, and the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis method. Results: The participants were presented with six types of perceptions of medication. The majority of the participants had negative perceptions of Western medicine (WM), self-adjusted their prescribed medication with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and concealed their self-adjusting habits from their doctors. Participants who thought positively of WM took their prescribed medication regularly. Most of the participants perceived the nature of WM as not being curative because of its side effects. Patients have the right to choose their preferred medication when they understand their illness. Conclusion: Local health care systems should provide patients with alternative health services that suit their requests. |
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| spelling | upm-379082016-02-01T02:33:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37908/ Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication Lee, Khuan Mokhtar, Halimatun Halaliah Krauss, Steven Eric Ong, Beng Kok Purpose: This study aimed to understand hypertensive patients' perceptions of and adherence to prescribed medication. Methods: A qualitative research study based on 23 purposely selected participants from a community health clinic in Malaysia. The participants underwent in-depth semi-structured interviews, and the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis method. Results: The participants were presented with six types of perceptions of medication. The majority of the participants had negative perceptions of Western medicine (WM), self-adjusted their prescribed medication with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and concealed their self-adjusting habits from their doctors. Participants who thought positively of WM took their prescribed medication regularly. Most of the participants perceived the nature of WM as not being curative because of its side effects. Patients have the right to choose their preferred medication when they understand their illness. Conclusion: Local health care systems should provide patients with alternative health services that suit their requests. Elsevier 2014-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37908/1/Hypertensive%20patients%27%20preferences%20for%20complementary%20and%20alternative%20medicine%20and%20the%20influence%20of%20these%20preferences%20on%20the%20adherence%20to%20prescribed%20medication.pdf Lee, Khuan and Mokhtar, Halimatun Halaliah and Krauss, Steven Eric and Ong, Beng Kok (2014) Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 20 (2). pp. 99-105. ISSN 1744-3881; ESSN: 1873-6947 10.1016/j.ctcp.2014.03.001 |
| spellingShingle | Lee, Khuan Mokhtar, Halimatun Halaliah Krauss, Steven Eric Ong, Beng Kok Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication |
| title | Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication |
| title_full | Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication |
| title_fullStr | Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication |
| title_short | Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication |
| title_sort | hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication |
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